A chronicle of a life of wild abandon and civilized sobriety in Santa Barbara, California

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It started off on an excellent note since both The Old Man and I had the day off from work and got to spend the morning playing music together, with our cat Nancy providing the cuddles. Apparently, she enjoys the sound of the harmonium and front row seating.

After filling up on musical togetherness and kitty lovings, we decided to drive up to Santa Ynez to pick up The OM’s mom’s wine order… which – since she generously added us to her membership at Gainey Vineyard – had the added benefit of allowing us a free wine tasting. Not a bad deal.

Not a bad deal at all.

After that, my delightful neighbor and artist-friend EmmieBean invited myself and our other two neighbor ladies to an event at a nearby salon celebrating the one year birthday of a local blog called LOVEmikana. (I highly recommend visiting the LOVEmikana blog if you live in or plan on visiting Santa Barbara. The ladies of LOVE can always be counted on for the best current tips on where to go and what to do around town.) The salon that hosted the event is a gem of a place on upper State Street called Salon U wherein we were delighted to get to sample delicious eats, ogle gorgeous accessories from Stella and Dot, and best of all receive free hair and makeup demos. See below for awesome braid event happening on my head.

The final indulgence of the day: seeing The Hunger Games premiere at midnight. SO GOOD!

So many indulgences! On a weekday! Such an unexpected delightful pearl of a day… thank you for allowing me the extra indulgence of getting to write about it.

If you’ve got an indulgence you are planning on treating yourself to, I would love to hear about it! Please feel free to leave a comment decadent with details. I’d love to know!